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August 4, 2022 Celebrating 100 years of mission in Eastern Congo, The United Methodist Church there recently organized a peace caravan. Leaders from the four episcopal areas of the Congo Central Conference gathered to assess the need for tribal peace in the region in order to strengthen evangelism. More than 500 church clergy and laity participated […]
August 3, 2022 The United Methodist Church in Liberia recently decommissioned its episcopal residence and the entire property for use by the United Methodist University of Liberia’s Graduate School of Professional Studies. “After serving the church for 29 years,” Bishop Samuel J. Quire Jr., Liberia Episcopal Area, said, “this building is now decommissioned from being […]
August 2, 2022 Some questions for United Methodists: Do you think Christians are hypocritical and judgmental, or more generous and loving? Are you comfortable talking about Jesus with friends? Can you have a productive relationship with Jesus if you decide to make it a private matter? What were the most important activities of Jesus? Do […]
March 16, 2022 What is the role of friendship in discipleship community? Both historically (see 1 Thessalonians 2:8) and currently, Christians see friendships as foundational to healthy discipleship. Disciplemaking involves actively helping someone else grow closer to Christ, requiring those involved to look outside themselves. This article shares data from Growing Together—a Barna report created in partnership […]
August 1, 2022 A 281-page ruling last Friday in the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) bankruptcy proceedings indicates that most of the reorganization plan meets the criteria of bankruptcy law and is constitutional. The ruling approves the United Methodist portion of the settlement, but there are several more matters the BSA must address for the […]
August 1, 2022 Bishops, clergy and laity representing the country’s four episcopal regions of The United Methodist Church gathered recently to celebrate the first 100 years of Methodist mission in Eastern Congo. A century ago, chiefs in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo requested missionaries to bring evangelism to the Maniema Province, Kibombo […]
July 29, 2022 In a state checkered by rival yard signs, a United Methodist megachurch held a forum on faith and abortion seeking to find common ground. The July 27 town hall before a packed house at the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, came less than a week before Kansans head […]
July 27, 2022 The youth of First United Methodist Church of Dallas made a summer mission trip last week, their first since the pandemic began. They and their chaperones came home in good spirits after four days of helping repair roofs for low-income residents in San Antonio. And they had tales to tell. Sweaty tales. […]
July 26, 2022 A partnership between the United Methodist Southern Nigeria Conference and the Beautiful Gate Handicap Center recently improved the lives of people with mobility issues. Fifty tricycles were donated through the conference’s ministries with the disabled. Without the bikes, people who cannot use their legs get around by dragging themselves on the ground […]
July 25, 2022 Imagine you’re a husband taking care of a partner who is slipping away because of Alzheimer’s disease. “This one gentleman said to me, ‘You know what I would like? I would like someone to come and wash my wife’s hair. I’ve never washed a woman’s hair in my life,’” recalled Elizabeth Shulman, […]
